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Rain Man

This is my hubby. We met through a dating service. He was my 11th match. I was his 1st. I continued to date people after we met....he didn't. We don't really make sense "on paper", but we make perfect sense in real life!

D-man

D-Man

This is my first born. He is funny, smart, sarcastic and obsessed with baseball. He loves UGA and will graduate spring of 2020 with a degree in Economics and Political Science (with a minor in German)

A-Girl

A-Girl is my oldest girl, my first C-Section and likes a lot of the same things I do. She attends a small Christian university in North Georgia and is on a golf/academic scholarship. She is smart, sweet, talented and super funny.

L-Girl

L-Girl is my second girl. She is full of energy and ideas and is a lot of fun. She is super dedicated and an incredibly hard worker. She will graduate from high school in the spring of 2020 and will be heading to UGA as an Exercise Science major. I used to say she was just like her dad....but the older she gets to is becoming more like me (don't tell her!)

A-Man

This young man is not easily forgotten by anyone who meets him. He has lots and lots and lots of energy and lots and lots and lots of ideas of things to try and just see what happens. Usually the results get him and trouble and then Mom and Dad laugh behind closed doors. (I wrote that description when he was about 5 - and it still applies!) The taller version of him is still super funny and smart. He is also an incredibly gifted athlete and musician.

S-Girl

This young lady is always thinking and planning for the future. She has already started her own business (she actually has a few successful side gigs) and has even competed on a televised baking competition. She is a super dedicated student and is truly friends with all her siblings due to her sweet and thoughtful nature. Plus, their favorite thing to do is to get her laughing - because it is contagious and once she starts, she cannot stop.

V-Girl

This is my baby. She has been walking since 9 months and has been a lot of fun and trouble ever since. (I wrote that 10 years ago and it still applies) She has been striving to keep up with ALL her siblings since day one. She is determined to be just as good if not better than all of them....at everything! She is clever and quick on her feet, and is the best most thoughtful gift giver I have ever seen. She is fearless for the big stuff and timid for the small stuff. It is a super fun and interesting mix.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Seriously, if someone would have told me that I would be busier now than I was when I had 6 kids under the age of 12, all at home full-time, I would have called you crazy. Having all six kids under my roof and controlling our schedules was a breeze compared to life now.

Again, it is not like I am busy scheduling time to go visit kids in juvy or anything. It is sports schedules, awards banquets, church obligations, work schedules....for me, Rainman, AND my three big kids...because we are trying to be productive members of society.

It is stuff like this...

Confirmation

Tennis awards banquet (MVP second year in a row!)

Honors award presentation (summa cum laude)

School signing day

National Honors Society induction

Prom

Official scholarship signing at her new school

Golf awards banquet

County Leadership program graduation

Somehow, I don't have any pictures of A-man and his baseball team. (I have one more game to remedy that mom-fail)

Plus, there are still three or four "awards nights" coming up! (I know....whine, whine, whine....my kids are getting awards. Poor me! 😜 Although, let's be honest, half the "awards" are just their name printed fancy on a piece of thick paper. But, that is a curmudgeonly post for another day!) There is also graduation and all the events that go along with that coming up too.

Throw in an 11th, 16th and 18th birthday in there, and you will see why I am sighing....oh, and then there is this...

We are fostering Raquel, who seems to be making herself at home. We are all fairly certain we are going to be a "foster fail" and just adopt her though.

Busy with good things, still feels busy.

But, we are happy and blessed, so I guess I will shut up, or at least try to shut up.

The older I get, I realize the simpler I like my life. No drama. No endless "events" or even taking the kids a ton of places. I like to hang out with my family...at home. Okay, I do like to go out to eat too, but, in general, give me some food and throw me out in the back yard to just chill with my people, listen to the birds, watch the deer, maybe read a book, and I am good to go! Really. So, I will not be mourning the end of the school year. I will be rejoicing in the freedom to just....be.